Scott continued his push for job creation Thursday as the restaurant Buca di Beppo said it's moving its headquarters to the area from Minneapolis. Although not all of the 90 jobs are new, some will be transplants.

"Well some are going to move from their headquarters in Minneapolis, but that's still adding to the tax base adding 90 families that will have a job in the city of Orlando," said Dyer.

Economists in the state point out the unemployment rate in Florida has dipped not because more Floridians are employed, but because there are less jobs in an ever-shrinking workforce.

"Over 200,000 jobs have been created by the private sector. We've had the biggest drop in unemployment in the country other than one state. We're heading in the right direction," said Scott.

Long-term unemployment is at its worst ever in the state with an average Floridian out of a job for nearly a year.

On Friday, December's job report will be release and could shed light as to if the situation is getting worse.